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Exactly zero Cardinals in first installment of PFF's top 50 players

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The Arizona Cardinals have some very talented players on their team. However, coming off a very bad season, they don’t get a ton of attention. Pro Football Football Focus has ranked the top 50 players in the league, releasing players 50-21.

Not a single Cardinals player is listed. That means they either have some coming up in the top 20 or players like Chandler Jones and Patrick Peterson have been completely snubbed.

Jones and Peterson should be in the top 50. Peterson does things no other cornerback does and opposing quarterbacks simply avoid throwing in his direction. Jones has been the most productive pass rusher over the last three seasons.

Larry Fitzgerald is still great but isn’t likely a top-20 player. However, is he a top-50 player? It is hard for any Cardinals fan to say otherwise.

After that, it is understandable. But if Jones and Peterson are not even mentioned in the top 50 at all, something is simply wrong with the way in which they are being ranked.

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